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Julie Ayer: From Violinist to Author 7:00-8:30 pm
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Julie Ayer is a professional violinist, arts advocate, historian, and author. A passionate lifelong musician, she spent her thirty-six-year professional career in the Minnesota Orchestra, including their ground-breaking tour to Cuba in 2015. Julie was also a member of the Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Throughout her career, Ayer was involved in many orchestra committees, including labor negotiations. Julie has written two books about her experiences with orchestra labor negotiations. Her second book, Defying the Silence, A Chronicle of Resilience That Saved the World-Renowned Minnesota Orchestra, documents the 16 month lockout beginning in October, 2012. It is a story of incredible unity of the musicians and model of survival, the community that stood with them, the challenging resolution and recovery, and pandemic resilience. Julie will play a short violin piece by Fritz Kreisler, and books will be available.
There will be a short social reception at 6:30 pm with the program starting at 7:00 pm.
There is limited guest parking available, as well as metered on-street parking.
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